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TIL in 1997, Nike, Inc. fined one of its shoe factories in Vietnam $5,000 after it become known that plant management ordered workers to create 51 rubber penises as a gag gift for a company Official.

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BVBy TIL of a species of snake in south east Asia commonly known as the “Flying Snake.” Not only can it climb trees, but it can then glide through the air from one tree to the next, slithering its body to create lift, achieving distances of 100m - more than any other gliding animal.
D17dD TIL that there was a form of medieval torture, where the victim's feet were covered in salt water and then a goat would start licking them. Sometimes the laughter and stress from the intense tickling resulted in a heart attack or a brain hemorrhage.
m1XJv TIL that Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark used to hold a regular office job at Microsoft
LDQ0 TIL that roughly 46% of Americans believe God created humans in present form, sans evolution and this number has been mostly constant over the last 30 years.
vP5yx TIL that DJ Khaled used to go by the stage name “Arab Attack”, but changed it to “DJ Khaled” after 9/11.